Cheng Zhongnian has always been the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, these years he is low-key and secretive, because he is the oldest of the six books, so when he is outside the early dynasty, he often complains of illness, refuses all contacts with other officials, and avoids all unnecessary troubles.

Therefore, after a long time, everyone automatically imagined him as a half-secluded old man in the mountains and forests, and only when he saw a vast and large-scale building on a wasteland somewhere outside the city would he remember that it was originally from the hand of the public.

And Cheng Zhongnian is the chief messenger behind the scenes.

In Cheng's memory, her father was a very serious and unsmiling person, almost nothing to say to the children under his knees, and later as her younger brother Cheng Yun grew up, Cheng Zhongnian would occasionally call his son to his study to discuss matters, but only a few times.

More often than not, Cheng felt that his father was mysterious and omnipotent, she didn't know what role Cheng Zhongnian played in the court, but she knew that when she first entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, in order to help Cheng establish a firm foothold, Cheng Zhongnian helped Tang Chengen in the dark.

So although those obscure things are not true to Cheng's knowledge, they have always had confidence in their hearts, and the Tang family categorically did not dare to turn against the Cheng family, but when she went home to visit her relatives a few days ago, she suddenly found that everything seemed to have changed.

When she saw Cheng Zhongnian again, she found that his hair was already white, although Cheng Zhongnian's expression was the same as usual, but Cheng still saw at a glance that something was wrong with her father, and sure enough, she had just talked to a few aunts, and it didn't take long for Cheng Zhongnian to call her to the study alone.

After entering, Cheng Zhongnian went straight to the point, "I have served for my father in the court for many years, and I have done everything by myself and never dummy, maybe it is because of this that I missed the opportunity to let your brother take charge alone, and now I am old, but he can't afford the entire Cheng family." ”

Cheng immediately tightened his handkerchief, "Isn't there something wrong with our family?" ”

Cheng Zhongnian shook his head, "It's Chaozhong, recently I found someone acting sneakily around the watchtower under construction, it seems that someone is eyeing me, I called you today to ask you to help me find out the truth of a person." ”

"Who is it?"

"Duan Jingyi."

"King Yi!" Cheng subconsciously got up nervously, but regretted it in the next second, sure enough, Cheng Zhongnian gave her a disappointed look when he saw this, Cheng saw his heart and sat back on the chair again, and said as if explaining, "Dad, you don't know, Tang Meng's stinky girl bullied me and Yao'er because she came back after marrying King Yi's mansion, and now you let me go to explore the truth of King Yi, I'm afraid I can't even get close to his side." ”

"Rubbish! You have been the head of the house for so many years, and a little thing still scares you like this," Cheng Zhongnian couldn't hide the displeasure on his face, but it was about the Cheng family that he had built single-handedly, even if these children were useless, it was better than not strong, he swallowed his temper and said in a deep voice, "You just need to pay attention to whether Tang Meng has anything special about you when she returns to Tang's house, sarcastic or hintful, or if there are any suspicious people around Duan Jingyi, and then you learn all these things to me one by one, even if you complete the task." ”

"Dad, what evidence did you find to prove that it was done by someone from the Yi Wangfu? Could it be that Tang Meng did something in secret to ask King Yi to target you? ”

"No," Cheng Zhongnian's eyes were cold, "I just want to eliminate the most dangerous enemy first, as long as it's not Duan Jingyi, then no matter who it is, I have a way to get out of it." ”

Cheng pursed his lips after hearing this, and he was relieved, "I see, I can do this, please rest assured." ”

"Hmph, you can't do this little thing anymore, what use do I want you to do, let's go! Don't let anyone see you with me! ”

Rao is Cheng is old, and she still can't help but want her nose to be sour at the scene in front of her, but fortunately, she restrained it in time, and hurriedly walked out of the gate of Cheng's house after retiring.

Along the way, Cheng's mood fluctuated, recalled a lot of things when she was a child, and thought of the fact that she pretended to be flamboyant in the Tang family to support Tang Chengen's entire backyard, but she felt that everything was in a trance, and even she couldn't tell whether it was because she was such a person in her bones or was asked to be like this by Cheng Zhongnian.

She sighed, and after a while, she honestly remembered how to complete the task that Cheng Zhongnian had assigned to her.

If you want to observe Tang Meng's every move, you must first hide it among everyone, so today Cheng will be wronged to wear the same plain color as in Gu's courtyard, this humble and obedient color is the most suitable for hiding himself.

Not only herself, but the Cheng family also asked Tang Yueyao not to be blind, so that today the Tang family is dressed very quietly, and compared with the past, it is half less hot.

In fact, Cheng has another layer of selfishness that wants to hide herself, that is, she also clearly remembers what she did a few years ago today, she is afraid that Tang Meng will use this incident as an excuse to be unfavorable to her and Tang Yueyao, and she is willing to do anything in order to protect her daughter Cheng, let alone such a trivial thing as changing clothes.

It's just that I don't know when Tang Yueyao turned into this picture, and before Chen could indulge in sadness, he heard a sentence thrown by Gu from below, "Sister, you said yes, right?" Sister? ”

Cheng Shi was startled and suddenly looked at Tang Chengen, who was sitting on the main seat, only to see that he was surprised and faintly displeased with his face.

Cheng immediately came back to his senses and raised his hand to straighten his sideburns, "This person is really useless when he is old, and he actually thought of something else, what did my sister say just now?" ”

As soon as Cheng's voice fell, almost half of the Prime Minister's Mansion was shocked, where is this the temper of the eldest lady of the Tang family in the past? How does it seem like a different person today? Have you even learned to be gentle?

Gu Shi gently got up and returned the salute, "Sister Hui, I mean that the pair of white jade wine cups brought back by Meng'er is really the best, and you are the only one in our whole house who is qualified to use it to accompany the master to get drunk and rest, are you right." ”

Cheng's eyes were half-squinted, and now that he calmed down and retreated from impatience, he also felt that Gu's pretending to be gentle was nothing more than that, Cheng smiled and turned his head to look at Tang Chengen, "What my sister said is yes, I haven't had a drink with the master for a long time, and now Meng'er sent this pair of white jade cups to our hearts." ”

Cheng Shi said as he got up and went to the center of the room to pick up one of the wine glasses, turned around and shone into the sunlight outside, and couldn't help but be amazed, "Sure enough, it is a high-grade mutton fat jade, delicate and transparent, in the end, our dream is so well married to be favored by the prince, and even the entire Tang family has glory on their faces." ”

Cheng's words shocked everyone present even more, Xiao Tao's chin was about to fall to the ground, she pulled Xing'er's sleeve and muttered quietly, "Did I hear it wrong?" Is this still the eldest lady who is hysterical about going against our mother everywhere? ”

Not only her, but even Tang Chengen was really taken aback, and thought that Cheng would be disdainful of his previous temperament, but he didn't expect to have such a general understanding today.

Cheng saw the look of admiration in Tang Chengen's eyes, so he took the wine glass and praised it carefully, not only praising but also explaining to everyone, which can be said to have given Tang Meng enough face to be the spokesperson invited by Yiwangfu.

And Gu's face had already changed in Cheng's voice, she was from a small family, even if she was really asked to boast, she could only say some fur, in the end, she couldn't compare to Cheng's rich lady who grew up in the mountains of gold and silver since she was a child, just seeing this aspect made Gu's slammed down.

In addition, Cheng's abnormality today not only did not follow Gu's Dao, but also took advantage of the situation to play a wave, which attracted Tang Chengen's eyes, and now only Cheng's can no longer blend into the people next to him, the gentle little family spirit is not worth mentioning compared with the excellent helper with a calm atmosphere, this Gu family is a big loser.

After Cheng's rainbow fart was over, Tang Meng also raised his hand and patted it lightly twice, "Auntie really has good eyesight, and she actually recognizes such a treasure, then I also think that this thing is worth it." ”

Xiao Tao was startled again and quickly pulled Xing'er's sleeve, "It's over, our mother also took the wrong medicine today!" ”

Xing'er patted her, "Don't talk nonsense, today is the day to go back to your parents' house to save your relatives, and our mother-in-law must not make trouble today, otherwise it will be Yiwangfu who spreads the joke, but do you think our mother-in-law is really ignoring the past suspicions when she laughs?" ”

After she finished speaking, she saw Tang Meng curl the corners of her mouth.